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You renewתְּחַדֵּשׁyour witnessesעֵדֶיךָagainst meנֶגְדִּיand increaseוְתֶרֶבyour vexationכַּעַשְׂךָwith me;עִמָּדִיrelaysחֲלִיפוֹתand an armyוְצָבָאare against me.עִמִּי
Job 10:17
Study it in the app“You renew your witnesses against me and increase your vexation with me; relays and an army are against me.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 10:17, word by word
- You renewתְּחַדֵּשׁtechadesh
renew
To give something a fresh start, as if for the first time.
Where else “techadesh” appears- your witnessesעֵדֶיede
witness
Someone who vouches for what he saw; YHWH is one too.
Where else “ede” appears- against meנֶגְדִּnegdi
in front of
In someone's presence, before his eyes.
Where else “negdi” appears- and increaseתֶרֶבterev
increase
To make an amount larger, adding and adding.
Where else “terev” appears- your vexationכַּעַשְׂkaas
provocation
What makes someone angry, above all what enrages God.
Where else “kaas” appears- with meעִמָּדִimadi
with me
With me, beside me.
Where else “imadi” appears- relaysחֲלִיפוֹתchalifot
shift
A shift, those who relieve others.
Where else “chalifot” appears- and an armyצָבָאtsava
army
An army.
Where else “tsava” appears
Translation note
“Relays and an army”: troops that relieve one another to attack without rest.
The context
16And if it rises, like a fierce lion you hunt me, and again you work wonders against me.
17 · This verse (above)
18Why then did you bring me out from the womb? I would have expired, and no eye would have seen me.